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My stages of learning to be a socially normal person

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631 points eatitraw | 1 comments | 15 Nov 25 13:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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SirMaster ◴[17 Nov 25 19:52 UTC] No.45957491[source]▶
Why do we need to be normal anyway? Why can't we just be unique?
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1. harimau777 ◴[17 Nov 25 22:02 UTC] No.45958868[source]▶
Because not being normal results in being lonely, rejected by society, and often unable to keep a decent job. After a lifetime of struggling just to achieve fairly pitiful social success, I would give a great deal to be able to be normal.